Dynamism in the Urban Society of Damascus
The Ṣāliḥiyya Quarter from the Twelfth to the Twentieth Centuries
Seiten
2015
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-30441-3 (ISBN)
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-30441-3 (ISBN)
In Dynamism in the Urban Society of Damascus, Toru Miura presents a detailed history of the Ṣāliḥiyya quarter in Damascus from the 12th to the 20th century, presenting a new perspective on Islamic urban society: a dynamism of social networking and justice.
This book presents a new perspective on Islamic urban society: a dynamism of social networking and justice which caused both rapid development and sudden decay in the Ṣāliḥiyya quarter. Founded in the northern suburbs of Damascus by Hanbali ulama who migrated from Palestine to Syria in the mid-12th century, the quarter developed into a city through waqf endowments. It has attracted the attention of historians and travelers for its unique location, popular movements and religious features. Through the study of local chronicles, topographies and archival sources and through modern field research, Toru Miura explores the history of the Ṣāliḥiyya quarter from its foundation to the early 20th century, comparing it to European, Chinese and Japanese cities.
This book presents a new perspective on Islamic urban society: a dynamism of social networking and justice which caused both rapid development and sudden decay in the Ṣāliḥiyya quarter. Founded in the northern suburbs of Damascus by Hanbali ulama who migrated from Palestine to Syria in the mid-12th century, the quarter developed into a city through waqf endowments. It has attracted the attention of historians and travelers for its unique location, popular movements and religious features. Through the study of local chronicles, topographies and archival sources and through modern field research, Toru Miura explores the history of the Ṣāliḥiyya quarter from its foundation to the early 20th century, comparing it to European, Chinese and Japanese cities.
Toru Miura is Professor of Comparative History at Ochanomizu University and Head of the Documentation Centre for Islamic Area Studies at the Toyo Bunko (Oriental Library). He has published extensively on social history. His works include Islamic Urban Studies: Historical Review and Perspectives (co-editor, London, 1994) and The Vellum Contract Documents in Morocco in the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries (co-editor, Tokyo, 2015).
| Erscheinungsdatum | 20.02.2016 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Islamic Area Studies ; 2 |
| Verlagsort | Leiden |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 699 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Sozialgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 90-04-30441-X / 900430441X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-30441-3 / 9789004304413 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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